Ch.3 L4 & L5 Quiz Review

American colonists who favored American independence.

• Loyalists

• Discipline

• Patriots

the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written

• Discipline

• Preamble

• Petition

a formal request for government action

• preamble

• discipline

• petition

a civilian during the Revolutionary era, sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute's notice

• minutemen

• loyalist

• patriot

an American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

• Minutemen

• Loyalist

• Patriots

The Declaration of Independence explains why the colonies chose to form a new nation.

• True

• False

Who, along with Paul Revere, warned Samuel Adams that the British were coming?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Gage

• William Dawes

After winning which battle did the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy?

• Battle of Boston

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Concord

Benedict Arnold

• sold military information to the British

• warned that the British were coming

• leader of minutemen

Continental Congress voted to boycott trade with the British

• True

• False